4 YEARS OLD!

It is hard to believe that my sweet, funny, smart, crazy, beautiful, amazing little monkey turned 4 today!  Emmy got a big girl bike for her bday, that she rides like 20 miles an hour (I am seriously going to have a heart attack watching her) and a gymnastics birthday party with all her little buddies.  We have been non-stop all day and it is 9:00p and she is still going!

Started the morning on the swings with baby brother

New bike!

Surprise!!! :)

After watching her literally fly down the street I am thinking would it be too lame to make her wear knee and elbow pads too?!

Mr.Mouth!  Brought back such memories.

Happy little man despite the fact that his top two teeth are popping through!  They are so big they are the size of chicklets!

Gymnastics party!

 

Quite the princess cake.  

 

 

What a spoiled, lucky girl opening all her presents.

Weekend

  Is it really over?  I am soooo sad at the thought of leaving these two tomorrow.... :( 

 

Week in Review

 What..a..week.  Well, I guess every week is a little crazy these days!  We've been sick, really sick.  I have had some form of bronchitis for about a month now, Josh had strep throat, we've all had pink eye and the worst of all Ryan got RSV.  Another holiday, another hospital.  We had to take a second trip to his doctor after his breathing continued to get worse and they sent us to the hospital immediately.  Ryan and I spent 5 hours Valentine's night in the ER where they sucked all kinds of gunk from him multiple times and monitored his oxygen levels until they sent us home at 10:30p.  Note to self, next time you take a child to the ER make sure you bring food and water and hit up the bathroom before you let them fall asleep on you...  Thank goodness we didn't have to stay over night and he seems to be doing so much better this weekend. 

Trying to give the little guy a breathing treatment

 

Even sick as a dog, he was so happy.  Everyone at the hospital loved him!

We ended the week with a fun visit from Marc!  That always brightens our house, especially Emmy.  It was a quick trip but she followed him around every minute.  Tonight at dinner she said "it was sad when Uncle Marc left".  So sweet....

Torturing him with stickers and a wet willie!

A little ice cream at the park

Emmy is the craziest holla hooper!  She can go for almost a minute!

This afternoon Josh did a little yard work with his helper.

Emmy finally has a permanent audience to watch her dance :)

6 Months Old

My little Buddy Baroo is already 6 months old (tomorrow)!  I am not afraid to admit that we had some rough times the first few months of his life, but he has made up for it by being the happiest baby ever.  He made it through whatever was bugging him, and/or adjusted to the world, but now he just seems to be so content and happy all the time :)  Now if he could just sleep through the night....

I just love spending every minute I can with him, he is so much fun right now!  At 6 months Ryan:
- has his 2 bottom teeth
- Can sit up like a champ
- LOVES to pull Emmy and my hair
- Will eat anything - peas, carrots, prunes, etc.  Our only challenge is keeping his bib out of his mouth
- Is a total snuggle bunny
- Is already attached to a blankie.  It is so sweet, all I need to do it put in on my shoulder and he puts his thumb in his mouth.  This time i was smart I bought 2 of them!
- Loves tummy time.  Today for the first time, he started scooting backward.  He probably made it a foot.  He also rolled across the room!
- Goes nuts for magazines.  He can grab a page and have it in his mouth in less than a second.
- Thinks Emmy is hilarious, no matter what she does.  All she needs to do is walk in the room and he laughs.
- Is a little fish already!  He loves the water!  Tonight we put his little tub in the bath with Emmy and he went nuts.  Splashing, laughing.  It was pretty funny because it started to float, it was as if he was in a boat.  He just kept looking at us smiling, despite the fact Emmy was dumping water on his head.  Many pictures to come...

I have never been so happy, having such a happy, healthy (well besides the pink eye and chest colds we keep passing back and forth), fun family.  I love them more than anything!

I gave birth to a monkey.  Check out his feet!  He can seriously hold toys with them.

Out little monster just hanging out while I cook dinner.

Loving hanging out with big sis.

Looks like someone else likes Barney too.  Oh no...

A friend lent us a new tub so he could sit up.  

He went crazy splashing, the whole kitchen was soaked!

So now it goes in the tub :)

 

My little buddy. Sometimes I wish I could just freeze time....